𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐐𝐮𝐣𝐚𝐤𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬, 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐠.
*𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 @ 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐚𝐫, 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡, 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧.
𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄:
𝐐𝐮𝐣𝐚𝐤𝐮 (𝐉𝐏𝐍)
𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐠.
𝐐𝐮𝐣𝐚𝐤𝐮 (𝐉𝐏𝐍):
Formed in 2013, QUJAKU are a Japanese experimental band based in Hamamatsu. Their dark, heavy psychedelia is replete with rich distortion and feedback, creating a unique decadent ambience.
The apocalyptic sound they muster fuels an urge to release from the everyday to discover an ephemeral beauty behind the fierceness. The delicate yet strong leading voice, filled with destructive guitar, repetitive rhythmic percussion, and deep, bellowing bass combine to create Qujaku's unique sound atmosphere to preoccupy the mind and enhance the experience.
𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬:
Bandcamp:
https://qujaku.bandcamp.com/music
Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/qujaku
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6WETk7HXhbVPnbwMquJper
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/qujaku_jpn/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Qujaku
Videos:
Qujaku 'KEIREN' MV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpk4tNK-3Nk
Qujaku 'In Neutral' MV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Rn_0FYeIk
Qujaku at Nox Orae 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiwrHneguwY
https://www.youtube.com/@qujakuofficial8590
Quotes:
"An overblown psychedelic racket, clearing out all that toxic goo society keeps putting in there!" Freq.org.uk
"If you took the rhythm section and vocals of Swans with the guitars of Daughters and infused it with doom, psychedelic, and shoegaze influences."
"One of Japan's most interesting and ethereal psychedelic bands."
𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐠 (Rocket Recordings):
Black Arches formed in Hastings in 2018.
The story began in the dingy cellar of a wine bar where a gang of local aesthetes and Bohemians started a night of experimental art, spoken word and music by the name of Weird Shit.
Black Arches began as a freeform live outlet for author and musician Gareth E Rees’s spoken word extrapolations, later incorporating Matt frost from his garage rock troupe The Dirty contacts, and frequent collaborator James Weaver to form a vehicle for wild experimentation and psychic abandon.
In their intense semi-improvised performances, they blend heavy psych with electronics and layers of wild atmospheric noise.
They've supported the likes of The Telescopes and Gnod, and in 2022 began collaborating with Medway seeing poet artist and musician Sexton Ming. Their debut album ‘Folly’ was released by Rocket Recordings in in March 2025."
𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/blackarchesband/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/black_arches_hastings/
Rocket Recordings page:
https://rocketrecordings.com/products/folly
Bandcamp:
https://blackarches.bandcamp.com/album/black-arches-with-sexton-ming-folly
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jnxZoD2vV3JRy3MWquZqe?si=GO3H9JPATqykuH3NyJXjrg
Videos:
Bin Day - official video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXvHXTFfI-w
This is What Admin Does To You (official video):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCwLi2fwWYg&feature=youtu.be
Live - Terpiture's High:https://youtu.be/q4T4D2OVZm0?si=Elo3E5d-UwPy65A4
Live - This is What Admin Does to You:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pojDBPj50s
Live - Salty Sultan:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18k7lm_GlM4
